November 10, 2017 This Aussie miner is about to break into South Korea lithium sector Pilbara Minerals has announced a potential joint venture with two South Korean companies to develop a lithium processing facility in the Asian country.
November 9, 2017 Battery Metal Series – Part 1 with Mike Beck: A perfect storm in lithium unprecedented demand profile Mike discusses his trip to London where he took in the LME week which is a meeting held by the metals industry.
November 8, 2017 Rio Tinto joins race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner Mining giant is eying the 32% interest in SQM that PotashCorp is selling to fulfill China's regulators condition for the approval of the its friendly merger with smaller rival Agrium.
November 7, 2017 Chinese battery maker CATL eyeing upstream cobalt investments China needs to ease its reliance on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
November 6, 2017 Glencore’s big Congolese bet carries plenty of risk Journalists shed more light on Glencore's activities in Congo, including 2009 loan to entity affiliated with controversial Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler.
November 6, 2017 Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior mining companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange…
November 6, 2017 Congo mining output rises, central bank warns of inflation risk Rising mining production should help ease some of the economic problems in Congo where inflation is expected to hit 48 percent this year.
November 2, 2017 BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.
November 2, 2017 Bacanora Minerals secures land access to flagship lithium project in Mexico The de-risking milestone is for the company's Sonora project in Mexico, expected to produce 35,000 tonnes a year of lithium carbonate.
November 1, 2017 Rio Tinto throws its weight behind Africa as mining central Africa largest untapped source of growth for industry and would provide huge opportunity, says Rio Tinto's chief executive of energy and minerals.
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